It is also well worth your observation, that the grand contention with us, is, not who shall sing loudest; but who shall sing best.

The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.

Great contest follows, and much learned dust Involves the combatants; each claiming truth, And truth disclaiming both.

It is right and necessary that all men should have work to do which shall be worth doing, and be of itself pleasant to do; and which should he done under such conditions as would make it neither over-wearisome nor over-anxious.

He would sing 'Happy Birthday,' and he would sing in the loudest, most obnoxious, off-key tone. For him, every day was a birth day.

Every letter has its own peculiar air, which air is very much hurt if the tune is not rightly pitched; for instance, if a tune is set on A natural, and in pitching the tune, you set it a tone too low, you transpose the key into G, which is perhaps quite different from the intention of the author, and oftentimes very destructive to the harmony.